lunedì 10 giugno 2013

It contains 8 games regarding the Serious Sam series, but only one of them is available for Linux also (and it's redeemable on Steam for Linux too!)... It is Serious Sam 3 BFE Edition, and it's available if you pay more than the average (at the moment $4.38).

- Serious Sam 3: BFE Edition: a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where
men were men, cover was for amateurs, and pulling the trigger made
things go boom. As a prequel to the original Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3: BFE
takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading
legions. Set against collapsing temples and crumbling cities of 22nd
century Egypt, Serious Sam 3: BFE is an exhilarating fusion of classic twitch shooters and modern gameplay features.

So, if you pay more than the average, you get 8 games (7 for Windows only and 1 for Linux also) and all the soundtracks!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick! You still have 2 days!

The Wine development release 1.6-rc1 is now available.
This is the first release candidate for the upcoming Wine 1.6. It
marks the beginning of the code freeze period. Please give this
release a good testing to help us make 1.6 as good as possible.
What's new in this release (see below for details):
- New implementation of the typelib creation support.
- GLSL-based support for fixed function vertex shaders.
- Support for desktop launchers in virtual desktop mode.
- Fixes for Japanese vertical text.
- New Croatian translation.
- Various bug fixes.

mercoledì 5 giugno 2013

Joy and happiness for everybody! The Humble Indie Bundle 8 is here among us!

And, IMHO, this could be the best Humble Bundle ever released... Do you wanna know why?
Well, pay what you want, help charity, get some amazing soundtracks and.. If you beat the average, you get an incredible bundle with 11 (ELEVEN) astonishing indie games.
If you don't believe me, here are the games included!

- Little Inferno: cloaked under the simple gameplay, Little Inferno is a thoughtful and clever satire on casual games. Channel your inner pyromaniac in this charming and witty sandbox puzzler.

- Awesomenauts: awesomely awesome, oozing with character and
colorful cartoonish fun. This 3 vs. 3 multiplayer action platformer will
have you attacking your opponents and their turrets while also
defending your own base from
attack across a variety of 2-D maps.

- Thomas Was Alone: it’s hip to be a square (or any other kind of parallelogram) in Thomas Was Alone,
a minimalistic puzzle-platformer. Start out as Thomas, a red rectangle,
then fall and jump through 100 levels as you discover new friends along
the way.

...Plus all 5 soundtracks.
But, if you beat the average, you get also:

- Hotline Miami: think quick and strategically in Hotline Miami, a 2-D top-down action game that rewards caution, tactics, and trial and error.

- Proteus: is a game of audio-visual exploration and discovery that has you
wandering an exotic, mysterious island. Frolic across the landscape,
revel in the changing seasons, lose yourself in the ambient sounds.

- Tiny and Big in Grandpa's Leftovers: play as Tiny, who's on a mission to get his magical underpants back from
the bully Big. With a grappling hook, rocket launcher, and laser gun at
your disposal, you can manipulate the environment to find your way to
Big.

- English Country Tune: love a good challenge? Then you might be ready to take on English Country Tune, a geometric puzzler that might just push you over the edge.

- Oil Rush: in a world where oil is in high demand and there's a short supply, you
must capture oil platforms in order to harvest precious resources.
Undertake 16 missions in a single-player campaign mode and battle across
15 maps in multiplayer mode.

..And of course, all six soundtracks!
Well, you must admit it, this is at least one of the best bundles ever.
And all of these games are redeemable on Steam (but most of them are only redeemable on Steam for Windows)!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick!!!

What's this?

If you play videogames and you use Ubuntu as main O.S. of your PC, this is the place for you. In this blog you will find tips, tricks, trials and infos and everything else about Linux gaming. I do tests about native Linux games (with own package or using a program like "Desura") and non-native games (using programs like Wine, PlayOnLinux (a GUI front-end for Wine), Crossover Linux and GameTree Linux).